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Totally unusal spellings for common names?

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WeOnlyWantToBeOurselves · 14/06/2015 00:10

I was just wondering what unusual spellings of totally common names that you have heard. I've come across a Khatlynne and an Ezykile.

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MemphisBella · 19/06/2015 13:57

MrsPremise I know a misspelt Lily-hyphen name too, wonder if it's the same illiterate mother?

reuset · 19/06/2015 13:50

Quite so, Cordelia. I'm still in shock. I've never met a French, or an English for that matter, Deyzi.

Daisy is from an old english word if course (I can't remember the spelling of that one but Im sure there's a 'g' in it) meaning 'day's eye' obviously because daisy flowers open in the day time.

Ornee is ridiculous too Grin And nonsense

CordeliaFrost · 19/06/2015 12:42

Deyzi - pronounced Daisy.
Apparently it's the French spelling - I'm not convinced!

French my arse.

The French word for Daisy is marguerite, and therefore the name Marguerite is the French equivalent, although it's considered a French form of Margaret. In turn that is why Daisy is sometimes used as a nickname for Margaret.

StockingFullOfCoal · 19/06/2015 12:37

Ema-Leigh.

wesH · 19/06/2015 12:36

I can't stand these silly spellings - reminds me of when I was in secondary school and half the girls in my year were called Chelsea, so they all started making up "special" ways to spell their names. We ended up with a Shelziie somewhere. I honestly highly doubt the emotional maturity of a person who feels the need to call their offspring "Khatlynne"

Edna1969 · 18/06/2015 22:35

Destoni

Sidge · 18/06/2015 22:33

I've met a Ryleigh.
Also Jessyka, Tayla and Leighum. (Liam)

TheBabyFacedAssassin · 18/06/2015 22:14

I know of a Jennyfir...

BuffaloCustardbath · 18/06/2015 22:10

Yes I've come across Jorja too, more than once. And Jorgie.
A little girl named Ornree (pn Henri, the French pronunciation) - she told me her name is French....

BuffaloCustardbath · 18/06/2015 22:07

I've taught Jilly-Ann and Lizzy-Beth, the more interesting cousins of Jillian and Elizabeth Wink

annettec01 · 18/06/2015 21:24

I know an Eliviia

JuniorMint · 18/06/2015 21:22

I taught a Jorja (Georgia)

ACSlater · 18/06/2015 21:17

Tylah Hmm

almapudden · 18/06/2015 21:13

I know an American woman called Cydne (Sydney).

imayhavelostmymarbles · 18/06/2015 21:08

Maya, Maia, surely should be pronounced May-a, but what about Mya pronouncing it the same way. Confuses me everytime and pisses the parents off but if you want it pronounced that way, help us out a little please!!!

mrspremise · 18/06/2015 20:50

Lilly. With two 'l's Hmm AND it's hyphenated with another predictable name Confused

reuset · 18/06/2015 15:31

Deyzi - pronounced Daisy.
Apparently it's the French spelling - I'm not convinced!

Shock

I spotted a Sacson recently, Saxon is bad enough without meddling!

MehsMum · 18/06/2015 15:11

Ezykile?
It looks as if it should be pronounced EasyKyle ('Take it easy, Kyle, just calm down, there's a good lad...') but is it meant to be Ezekiel?

hazelnutlatte · 18/06/2015 14:56

Deyzi - pronounced Daisy.
Apparently it's the French spelling - I'm not convinced!

HazleNutt · 18/06/2015 14:45

Why call your kid Erica, if you can call her..

Totally unusal spellings for common names?
Totally unusal spellings for common names?
MemphisBella · 18/06/2015 14:44

Maizy. Yes, like the corn. Poor girl.

SunnyBaudelaire · 18/06/2015 14:38

fastwindow I know a Cliodhna too, but do not see what this has to with yooneek name spelling....
oh and its 'clee - erna' not 'cleaner'

Lancelottie · 18/06/2015 14:36

Frayr.

I assumed it was a boy (isn't there a Norse god Freyr?), but no, it's pronounced Freya.

SunnyBaudelaire · 18/06/2015 14:36

honestly I think its dreadful unless the parents have dyslexia.

00100001 · 18/06/2015 14:33

See, if I saw Sophire , I'd pronounce it "So-Fire" [confused[